First report of -AB-corrole derived from a lapachone derivative: photophysical, TD-DFT and photobiological assays.

In this work, the synthesis, characterization and photophysical assays of a new -AB-corrole derivative from the naturally occurring quinone are described. β-Lapachone is a naturally occurring quinoidal compound that provides highly fluorescent heterocyclic compounds such as lapimidazoles. The new -AB-corrole compound was obtained from the reaction between 2,3,4,5,6-(pentafluorophenyl)dipyrromethane and the lapimidazole bearing an aldehyde group.